第18题: [单项选择]The word tail once referred to the "the tail of a horse", but now it is used to mean "the tail of any animal". This is an example of________. A. widening of meaning. B. narrowing of meaning. C. meaning shift. D. loss of meaning. 参考答案:A 答案解析:本题译文：tail一词曾指“马的尾巴”，现在该词用来指“任何动物的尾巴”这个例子说明了什么 动物是马的上义词，tail一词从过去指马的尾巴到现在指任何动物的尾巴，说明了词义的扩大。
